2026 NHL Draft prospect Dayne Beuker chose USA Hockey over Hockey Canada

Ottawa Citizen

25-07-2025

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The Beuker family home backs the No. 3 tee box on the Humboldt Golf Course.
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A hockey rink, surprisingly, isn't anywhere near.
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These days, Dayne Beuker stick-handles more on the ice than on the putting greens, even though he lists golf as his 'favourite hobby' on his NTDP team profile.
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'I haven't golfed (the Humboldt course) yet this summer,' laments Beuker, who led Team USA in scoring last season with 14 goals and 25 assists for 39 points in 57 games.
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'I love golf — I'm not too good but it's definitely fun.'
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These days, golf takes a back seat to hockey and for good reason.
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Dayne is on course for a bright future hockey wise.
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His golf clubs — or, more correctly, his dad's clubs— are in Detroit, where his NTDP squad is based and where Beuker returned this week.
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'Maybe in August I'll find some clubs and hopefully get out on the course,' he says.
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It's early Sunday afternoon and the Beuker clan has arrived at the Saskatoon Airport.
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Dayne has checked his bags and is ready to depart for Minneapolis and then Detroit for a three-week training stint.
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'All the coaches and strength trainers stay there, and there's a good group of guys coming back for summer that just want to train there,' points out Dayne. 'I think it's in my best interests to go train there again.'
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Expenses are paid.
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Dayne is armed with two passports, both an American and Canadian one — one for each way going back and forth between Canada and the United States.
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It's a whirlwind summer.
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He was home for two weeks in the spring, one week in July and will have one week in August.
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'Four weeks total, which is kind of crazy,' he says. 'Having a lot of fun in Detroit too, but it's always nice coming back home.'
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